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Originally Posted by Tinman
Not necessarily true, this is more BIG oil propaganda.Its mathematically impossible for them to make the billions they do at .09 /gallon. They own some of the RETAIL (gas stations) just like Mc Donalds Corp own some of the franchises in house. This is where the bigt $ is (just like Wal mart). I dont have exact #s, buts thats the reality.
Also at .09 a gallon, how do you explain price differences of up to .50 cents/gal from one gas station to another and over $1 if you look at a larger geographic area? The oil companies would be the biggest idiots in the world to miss that one. They are schrewd,and crafty liars.
IMO every penny of the 8 bil should go to the envirenment & to help the 33,000 people whos jobs they permanently affected with the Valdez spill in '89. I will never forgive Exxon for that. People just now see that the 2 bil they claim to have spent on the cleanup is just a slap on the wrist to these guys. Its the cost of doing business to them, and they PASS IT ON TO YOU AND ME. So every time we "punish" them for a spill, they stick it right back to US.
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You might be right, I have no idea. And my facts may to acurrate too, but again i have no idea whats true or not. You get different opinons and facts from everyone. I posted that to give a different point to the gas debate.
I see you have alot of hatred towards the oil companies for making ANY kind of profit. Why the hell would they continue to be in buisness if people like you had thier way and would'nt let them make ANY kind of profit in a buisness? You think gas is high now? Wait until people take away all thier profits, why the heck would they even bother staying in business if they couldnt make a dime? You'd have ZERO gas for your vehicle.
And why do you have nothing to say about the insane taxes we are paying on gas?! Were is your outrage about that? Oh wait, this is liberal new england and folks love to pay high taxes, and love those tax increases!
